Remarks by Chris Scherer
75 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“As long as we're on it, I don't think that's a problem for me.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you for your perspective, Commissioner Flowers. Commissioner Shearer. Thank you, Chair. I appreciate the time. First of all, Barry and Chris, I appreciate all the work you did answering all my questions, and you all worked really hard on getting the budget out. I was very encouraged when you brought the first budget out and saw how close we were to a rollback, and I still think we're very close. But I just want to say up front on a few of these things, I will not be supporting any more reductions to the sheriff's budget. He's done enough already. Number two, I agree with Commissioner…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Well, that's what I was working, because I didn't get any.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, and then what about the building development services?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. And then my last thing was I found about $150,000 in silly expenses I thought that we had. They're in my memo. I don't know why. I've been to two NACO conferences now. I don't know why we're sending them $20,000. The agenda that they push on the national level is not my agenda. Not fact. I love fact. You're doing great. I don't know why we're doing the national. And then I had to pay for my own entry into the NACO. So I don't know why we're spending $20,000 on... I signed up for the conference. I had to pay for the conference.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Yeah, right. But this is a $20,000 line item for membership to NACO.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“You get to say whatever you want to say, but when you say payout, so you meant you paid out of your office budget. I paid to go to the conference out of my office budget. Yeah, that's what we all do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I will press my button when he's finished. Then I was just wondering, doesn't our—we have a— I have a couple things, too. I'm sorry. We have a— Representative in Tallahassee that we pay, right? What do you call them? Lobbyists. Yeah, our lobbyists. Don't they have a tracking software? Aren't they providing us with the tracking on the bills? What do we have paid $20,000 for a tracking subscription? I don't understand that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, great. 12 grand. I like it. Hey, you had a $100,000 item on here. And then you've got a program that you're going to be doing in... Your HR department, the collaborative study, do we really need to have our own studies?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Page two. Hang on. Chris has directed me what to say.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I just want to bring those up. They caught my eye. Commissioner Lett-Bell.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Yes. Excuse me, Chair. How do you determine the number of persons in a household?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I thought that you were going to use the numbers to determine their sewer fee.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm sorry, Chair. Yes, Commissioner. Is it possible you could finance it for the customers? charge them every month, charge them for the payback on the meters?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“each individual bill, if they get a meter and it's $6,000 cost, then monthly you could have them pay back that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, I'm not understanding why it has to be that way, but okay, I'll take it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“I think that's prudent, but I did request our county attorney to, I sent her a list of questions regarding that, and I'd like her to keep moving on.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 3, 2026
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“Dear gracious God our Father, we thank you for the gift of this day, for the community we share, for the privilege and responsibility of serving our neighbors. As we begin this meeting, we ask you to grant wisdom to those who lead, clarity to those who speak, and understanding to all who listen. Where there are difficult decisions, give us discernment. Where there are differences of opinion, give us patience and respect. And in all that is decided here, help us to remember the people whose lives are affected by the work we do. Teach us to seek what is just, to love mercy, to walk humbly, and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Oh, thank you, Chair. I've been focused on the budget, which leads me to the email I sent to Barry yesterday that I copied you all on. I've been trying very hard to get a grasp on the size of our departments and how much money is spent on our departments. And I have become aware that not all of our departments reflect exactly what we're gonna spend on those departments. It's the budgeted amount. And that amount that we're given is lower than what is actually going to cost because of contra numbers. Now, a contra number, and I've reviewed this with Chris many times, if you go to the Public…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“And I, one of the reasons I was digging into it is I want to make sure we're not, not just that we're overcharging, maybe we're undercharging. Maybe we're not charging enough, but I don't know because I have no idea what we're charging.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, but you don't see them in the budget.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“The departments have already been budgeted. We have the budget. And Chris has developed contra numbers to get to those budgets. And so he has the contra numbers. I just want the contra numbers so I can add them back and find out what the department thought.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“If he has a budget for the department and it includes contra numbers, he's already got the information. He doesn't have to develop it. It's already been done.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“but you've subtracted it from something to come down to 173 million, right? You started at a number. Was it 26 million? Was it five million? Was it 57 million? I don't know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“And that's fine. I'm just saying what's the top number? Okay. I need a top number for each department, and then you can subtract your contract numbers.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026